Does your friend’s good news fill you with envy instead of happiness?

Jealousy (妒忌) is a normal emotion 【小题1】 can help us learn more about what’s important to us and what we want in life, but it can be 【小题2】 (harm) if left unchecked.

We hope these tips will help if you’re struggling with feelings of envy.

★ Face the feelings

Take notice the next time you feel envy, and ask yourself what’s making you jealous. Try to get to 【小题3】 root of the issue.

Your envy might 【小题4】 (cause) by a particular person or topic. Maybe it’s a close friend that you get jealous of, or perhaps you turn green when someone 【小题5】 (achieve) a specific goal that you desire. Face your jealousy directly and look within to learn 【小题6】 it says about your values and self-worth.

★ Remember it’s you, not them

It can be easy to let jealousy take over and take our resentment out on the person we’re jealous of, but it’s important 【小题7】 (remember) that this is your issue, and your friend isn’t hurting you on purpose. It might help to be honest with them and address it instead of 【小题8】 (let) it fester(恶化).

★ Turn envy into 【小题9】 (motivate)

As uncomfortable as envy can be, it can also be a powerful force for change. If you envy your friend’s relationship, it might mean you should take action to improve 【小题10】(you).

There is an English saying: “Laughter is best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors 【小题1】 (begin) to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really 【小题2】 improve people’s health.

Tests were done to study the effects of laughter on the human body. People watched funny films 【小题3】 doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. The doctors found that laughter has similar effects 【小题4】 physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. 【小题5】 laughter exercises the body, it must be helpful.

Other tests have shown that laughter seems to be able to reduce the effects of pain on the body. In one experiment, doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programmes. The group that tolerated the pain for 【小题6】 (long) time was the group which listened to a funny programme. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be 【小题7】 it helps produce a kind of chemical in the brain which can diminish both stress and pain.

As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States have set up laughter clinics, 【小题8】 they help improve their patients’ condition by 【小题9】(encourage) them to laugh. They have found that 【小题10】 their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce good effects similar to those caused by laughter.

Gratitude is more than just saying “thank you”. Gratitude is a deeper appreciation for someone or something. Expressing gratitude makes us feel a positive emotion. Over the past thirty years, there【小题1】 (be) many studies showing that writing a gratitude letter to another person offers us an opportunity【小题2】 (escape) from negative emotions. Even if we don’t share our writing with anyone, the act of completing the exercise alone makes us happier and【小题3】 (satisfied) with life. The more we express gratitude, the more positive we feel.